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Journalism of Courage
Man of the Match Brett Lee completed his second successive four-wicket haul as Australia thumped Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs in the first cricket Test in Brisbane today, according to Cricinfo website.
Resuming at their overnight score of 218 for five, the Lankans, who were forced to follow on after being bundled out for 211 in reply to a mammoth Australian total of 551, were bowled out for 300 on the final day.
Lee was the wrecker-in-chief for the hosts, returning match figures of 8/112 after picking up 4/86 in the second innings.
For the visitors Chamara Silva was the only batsman to put up some resistance today, scoring a valiant 43 before edging Lee to Michael Hussey to start the Lankan collapse. The visitors’ tail-enders failed to contribute much as Lee and Stuart Clark (2/75) completed the formalities.
The second and final Test of the series would be played in Hobart from November 16.
Scoreboard
australia 1st innings 551
sri lanka 1st innings 211
sri lanka 2nd innings
(overnight 218/5)
T S’weera c Hussey b Johnson 20
C Silva c Hussey b Lee 43
H Jayawardene lbw b Clark 1
F Maharoof b Lee 18
C Vaas not out 11
D Fernando b Lee 4
M Muralitharan b Clark 4
Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 6) 13
Total (all out; 99.2 overs) 300
FoW: 1-53, 2-65, 3-167, 4-213, 5-215, 6-226, 7-259, 8-281, 9-290
Bowling: Lee 27-7-86-4, Johnson 19-5-47-2, Clark 22.2-3-75-2, Symonds 6-1-21-1, MacGill 25-3-64-1
